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demotion

noun as in a demoting

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Like other women who have reported misconduct, she said she has mostly learned to tune out the office gossip and rumors about her demotion.

Ms Gray, who became a household name as the Partygate investigator, is taking up a newly created part-time job as the prime minister's envoy for nations and regions, in what our political editor says is a massive demotion.

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Rookie outfielder Andy Pages returned from his late-August demotion by slugging .556 as a September call-up, representing another intriguing offensive weapon.

The panel recommends a course of action and, in this case, the department accepted it and moved forward with the demotion.

Staff and faculty are subject to written censure, demotion, suspension without pay and dismissal, among other sanctions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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